Ritz-Carlton credit card new benefit: annual free night award to cover 50K points?
Aug 21, 2018, 2:09 pm
#46
Join Date: Feb 2005
Programs: Starwood, AA
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RC free night certificates to be worth 60k points per night
According to @FrequentMiler now that the merger has happened the two free nights at Tier 1-4 Ritz Carltons that you get for meeting the spend requirement on sign-up have been converted to any Marriott/SPG/RC hotel at 60k points or lower. It's two certificates for nights at 60k or less, not just throwing 120k into your account. Seems reasonable, and now we have many more options to use (I've never been to a St. Regis...).
According to @FrequentMiler now that the merger has happened the two free nights at Tier 1-4 Ritz Carltons that you get for meeting the spend requirement on sign-up have been converted to any Marriott/SPG/RC hotel at 60k points or lower. It's two certificates for nights at 60k or less, not just throwing 120k into your account. Seems reasonable, and now we have many more options to use (I've never been to a St. Regis...).
Aug 21, 2018, 3:29 pm
#47
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HUCA? Is there no option to attach during booking either?
Aug 22, 2018, 4:01 am
#48
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 40
It doesn't even seem like you can use them to book the old Tier 5 Ritz Carltons, even though those are 60k/night right now. So I think they simply haven't converted them over properly yet...
Aug 22, 2018, 7:32 pm
#49
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: NYC
Programs: Kettle Class
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Actually, I was able to use the free night (T1-4) certificates from the Ritz-Carlton Visa to book at the 60,000 point per night RC Kyoto, which would not have been bookable in the old program.
Aug 24, 2018, 5:48 pm
#51
Join Date: Feb 2016
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I just spoke too I just spoke to a J.P. Morgan representative you told me that getting status by spending more money is going away. For those of us who hit the $10,000 spend to get to the new platinum status it’s my understanding that you will not be able to do it once your card anniversary comes up again. For those of us who like The benefits of the status without spending 75 nights in a hotel it makes this card seemingly of little value for the annual fee. At this point I have no idea what the status is going to come with the Ritz-Carlton card once it renews. Has anyone been able to figure this out? It also seems like if you’re working towards the $75,000 spend bonus you’re wasting your time because you’re not gonna get anything for it. That means you’re better off putting all your charges on something like a Chase Sapphire reserve card?
Aug 24, 2018, 10:02 pm
#52
Join Date: Dec 2017
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I just spoke too I just spoke to a J.P. Morgan representative you told me that getting status by spending more money is going away. For those of us who hit the $10,000 spend to get to the new platinum status it’s my understanding that you will not be able to do it once your card anniversary comes up again. For those of us who like The benefits of the status without spending 75 nights in a hotel it makes this card seemingly of little value for the annual fee. At this point I have no idea what the status is going to come with the Ritz-Carlton card once it renews. Has anyone been able to figure this out? It also seems like if you’re working towards the $75,000 spend bonus you’re wasting your time because you’re not gonna get anything for it. That means you’re better off putting all your charges on something like a Chase Sapphire reserve card?
Nov 5, 2018, 11:01 pm
#53
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 40
Anybody have any luck applying the RC free night certificates to one of the "legacy" "no free nights" SPG properties? I booked a 6 night stay at the StR Maldives on points, but nobody I've talked to has been able to retroactively apply the certificates to the stay. Given that it did not give me the option to use the certificates when I booked the stay, I was hoping that there would be something that could be done retroactively.
Feb 11, 2019, 10:22 pm
#56
Join Date: Nov 2015
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Feb 12, 2019, 9:02 am
#57
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I have 47,154 points in a legacy Ritz-Carlton Rewards platinum account, three club lounge upgrade certificates and one 50,000 free night certificate. I'm going to transfer the 47,000 points to another account, but probably won't use the club lounge upgrade certificates.
Can I use the 50,000 points free night certificate to for two nights at 25,000 points?
I guess I'll have to let the club lounge certificates expire for the second consecutive year because I have no use for them. If I'm allowed to apply the certificates on someone else's stay beyond my own I'm open to that.
I canceled the credit card in the fall.
Can I use the 50,000 points free night certificate to for two nights at 25,000 points?
I guess I'll have to let the club lounge certificates expire for the second consecutive year because I have no use for them. If I'm allowed to apply the certificates on someone else's stay beyond my own I'm open to that.
I canceled the credit card in the fall.
Feb 12, 2019, 9:06 am
#58
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Feb 12, 2019, 9:08 am
#59
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Feb 12, 2019, 9:10 am
#60
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